ca. 1933. Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School orchestra. Group portrait of thirty students with instruments taken in front of school circa 1933.

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Washington School 6A Class photographed outside the school In June of 1933. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma);

The World's Children. Bryant School children dressed in traditional costumes of other nations. (Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bryant Elementary School (Tacoma); Classrooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Lowell School 6A class and teacher on school steps. (Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Teachers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Stanley School 6A Class in January of 1934. The students are posed in front of the school which was built in 1925 from a design by G. W. Bullard. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Group portraits; Stanley Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Education--Tacoma;

Washington School 6A Class, photographed outside the school in June of 1935. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma);

Stanley School 6A Class in June of 1935. The school opened in 1925, with additions in 1955, 1967 and 1973. In 1983, the main part of this building closed, declared unsafe in case of an earthquake. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Group portraits; Stanley Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Education--Tacoma;

6A Class at Horace Mann School posed in front of the school in January of 1926. This southend school was constructed in 1901 and named after noted American educator Horace Mann. Horace Mann revolutionized education in the US, establishing the first school for teacher training and promoting "public" education for all. This structure was demolished after the new Mann Elementary was built in 1953. (WSHS)

Horace Mann School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Young athletes pose in the Lincoln Bowl, circa 1926. The Lincoln Bowl was the athletic field for Lincoln High School. Some of the young men wear the Lincoln insignia or name on their shirts. (WSHS)

Lincoln Bowl (Tacoma); Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Graduation class at Hawthorne School on steps of school building in January of 1926. Hawthorne was one of the oldest schools in Tacoma, starting as East school in 1885 in a former store. Its enrollment peaked in the early 1900's when it was the district's 3rd largest school. As more schools opened in the east and south portions of the city, enrollment declined. This smaller school was opened in 1913 at 28th and E. F St. It was closed in 1963 and demolished in 1981 to make way for the Tacoma Dome. (WSHS)

Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hawthorne School (Tacoma);

The graduating class of Edison School posed in a park for this photograph taken in June of 1925. Edison School was built in 1892 and was located at 3110 So. 58th. The school was condemned after the 1949 earthquake. (WSHS)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Edison Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Graduating class at Rogers School in January of 1926. This building was constructed in 1908 and was named after John R. Rogers, the Washington governor who fathered the law that guarantees a free public education to all children in the state. Rogers closed in 2002. (WSHS)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Rogers School (Tacoma); Group portraits; Education--Tacoma;

Stewart Intermediate School under construction in 1925. The school was designed by Roland Borhek, architect, and was originally designated as the South Central Intermediate School. It opened in September of 1925 as the James P. Stewart school, honoring Tacoma's first school teacher. It was the second of six planned intermediate schools provided for under a special bond passed in October of 1923. On completion, Tacoma would educate on a 6-3-3 plan (6 years at elementary, 3 at intermediate, 3 at high school.) The plan was designed to prevent overcrowding and reduce expenses. Stewart is still in use today with additions in 1964, 1974 and 1983. (WSHS- negative A854-0) (TNT 9/3/1925, pg. 17)

Stewart Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Building construction--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Annie Wright Seminary Field Day. Field hockey game in progress. Commencement Bay and Browns Point in background.

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Events--Tacoma; Field hockey--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary 1936 May Day activities. Queen Burdette Craig and her court on school steps. Photographer adjusting movie camera on tripod. (T. Times 5/18/1936, pg. 1)

Private Schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Craig, Burdette;

Group of girls from Annie Wright Seminary take a lesson during a ski trip to Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. (T. Times).

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Fircrest School students receiving toys and candy made through a community project of the PTA and preschool women to ensure every child from the 6th grade down has a new toy for Christmas. The students at Fircrest School (later named Wainwright Elementary) receive gifts from committee women Mrs. Lynn Baker and Mrs. Oscar Lundberg. About a dozen community women gathered in the home of Mrs. George Coleman each day, and on into the wee hours of the morning, for about ten days and constructed the toys at a cost of less than $10. Veneer and broomsticks were donated by Tacoma industrial firms. Assembled were 30 rocking horses, 30 hobby horses, 30 ring toss games, 25 cradles and 20 plywood chests. (T. Times 12/21/1936, pg 3)

Public schools--Fircrest--1930-1940; Wainwright Elementary (Fircrest); Parent-Teacher Association (Fircrest); Christmas presents; Holidays--Fircrest--1930-1940;

Fircrest School children seated at their classroom desks. Each child has a small decorative box and a ring-toss board or a long wooden box, Christmas gifts from the P.T.A. The PTA and Preschool women built all the toys themselves from mostly donated materials. The preschool children would be receiving their gifts at a party at the Community Church the following day. (T. Times 12/21/1936, pg. 3)

Public schools--Fircrest--1930-1940; Wainwright Elementary (Fircrest); Parent-Teacher Association (Fircrest); Christmas presents; Holidays--Fircrest--1930-1940;

September 1, 1936- opening day of school. Washington School boys and an English Setter dog sitting on low railing waiting for school to start. Clothing includes spiked hair and leather jacket, Mickey Mouse shirt, sport shoes. (T. Times, 9/1/1936, p. 1)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Dogs; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma); Boys--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Mrs. Jennie M. French, the principal of Washington School, stood outside and greeted poised and well dressed Cherine Milos, a new student. On the first day of school September 1, 1936 over 21,000 Tacoma boys and girls returned to school. Mrs. French was the principal of Washington for 15 years from 1926-1941. She spent most of her 49 years in Tacoma, from her first teaching job in 1908 to her death in 1957, as an advocate for teacher's education, rights and pay. She helped organize the Tacoma Retired Teachers in 1946 and deeded the 3 acre tract on South Union Ave., where the 152 unit Tahoma Terrace teachers' retirement home opened in 1975, to the Teachers Home Corp. in 1954. (T. Times, 9/1/1936, p. 1-picture; TNT 6/4/1957- obit; TNT 2/13/1975 -Tahoma Terrace)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma); French, Jennie M.; Milos, Cherine;

These seven Stadium High School girls exhibit the latest fashions of the day upon their return to school in September of 1935. Long, ankle-length skirts were back in style. Shoe wear ranged from sandals to saddle shoes and high-heel pumps. Names of the students were not provided. (T. Times, 9/4/1935, p. 1-alt. back to school photographs).

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940;

School Opening Day, trio of friends of George Weyerhaeuser, Jr.: Alice Walker, 11, of Lowell School, Jean Sanders,11, and Sabine Phelps, 12, of Mason Junior High. One girl with school books, another pouring drinks from a pitcher. (T. Times, 9/4/1935, p. 1)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Walker, Alice; Sanders, Jean; Phelps, Sabine;

Seven little girls helped to celebrate Visitation Villa Academy's annual May Day fete in 1936. The group, holding balloons, is gathered around a basket of flowers. Visitation Villa Academy was located on the grounds of the former Charles Richardson estate, "Richmore," in Lakewood. Built by the Sisters of the Visitation, the private Catholic girls school opened in 1923 and closed in 1954. The school children are from left to right: Dolores Peterson, Betty Howard, Patricia Lawler, Lorraine Roberts, Irene Nelson, Doris Spencer and Betty Wamba. The Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood Mall, Lakewood Towne Center) opened at this location in 1957. (T. Times 5/29/1936, pg. 11)

Visitation Villa Academy (Lakewood); Private schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; May Day--Lakewood; Peterson, Dolores; Howard, Betty; Lawler, Patricia; Roberts, Lorraine; Nelson, Irene; Spencer, Doris; Wamba, Betty; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;

ca. 1926. In 1926, according to the City Directory, Beutel Business College was located at 937 1/2 Broadway in the Anderson Building, which has since been demolished. Other businesses at this location included the Mode-Art Apparel Store, Lewis Brothers Clothing and the Electro Dental Parlors. The slogan for Beutel was "Best by Test of more than thirty years." The school was founded in 1887 by John Tate, making it the oldest commercial school in Tacoma and southwest Washington. It was originally known as Tacoma Business College. C.F. Beutel, who gave the school his name, purchased partial interest in the school in 1902. (filed with Argentum)

Beutel Business College (Tacoma); Business education--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Beutel Business College. Simulated tellers wickets, adding machines , stools. Beutel was the oldest business school in the city. (filed with Argentum)

Beutel Business College (Tacoma); Business education;

ca. 1934. General view of Jason Lee Intermediate School, circa 1934, with trolley wire in foreground. The Gothic Revival school designed by Roland Borhek opened in 1924. It was the first and largest of six new intermediate schools built from the proceeds of a 1923 bond issue. As more education became essential, the high schools were overcrowded. In 1920, the 6-3-3 elementary, intermediate, high school plan was designed to relieve overcrowding and a 2.4 million bond issue passed to build the 6 new schools. Originally named West Intermediate school, the name was soon changed to Jason Lee to honor an early Northwest missionary pioneer. The school is built on the site of the old College of Puget Sound campus at Sixth and No. Sprague. In 1928, the name was changed to Jason Lee Junior High, and later to middle school. ("For the record" by Winnifred L. Olsen)

Public Schools--Tacoma; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma);

Per Richards Studio notes, this is the old University Place School. The school was demolished in 1977 and according to the 2008 Polk Directory, the location was in use as a day care center. (filed with Argentum) (Additional information provided by a reader)

Public schools--University Place--1930-1940; University Place School (University Place);

Matriculation exercise at College of Puget Sound, ca. 1927. Boy in cap and gown addressing a small group gathered around a stone obelisk with other stones piled up forming a crude low wall around it. (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Lillian Biehner, right, supervisor of Pierce County school nurses, conducts a test on the students' hearing at Ruston School on May 6, 1941. An audiometer, in the suitcase on the right, contains a record player connected to 20 sets of earphones. Children write down the numbers they hear over the recording. Students in the left row are Jimmy Tallman, Marjorie Dimmen and Ned Face. (T.Times, 5/9/1941, p. 11). TPL-9162

Public schools--Ruston; Ruston School (Ruston); Biehner, Lillian; Medical equipment & supplies; Health care--Tacoma; Pierce County Health Department--Tacoma; School children--Ruston;

Lillian Biehner, right, supervisor of Pierce County school nurses, explains to students about the test she will be administering on May 6, 1941. The test if being given at Ruston School. An audiometer, in the suitcase on the right, contains a record player connected to 20 sets of earphones. Children write down the numbers they hear over the recording. Students on the left are, front to back, Jimmy Tallman, Majorie Gimmen and Ned Face. On the right are, front to back, FrankGirolami, Donna Canada, unidentified and Vida Fraley. (T.Times, 5/9/1941, p. 11).

Public schools--Ruston; Ruston School (Ruston); Biehner, Lillian; Medical equipment & supplies; Health care--Tacoma; Pierce County Health Department--Tacoma; School children--Ruston;